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A group of dancers in black athletic wear is performing on stage, each in a dynamic and expressive pose. The background is dark, and the stage is lit, highlighting their muscular forms and intense movements.

Repertory

Breakthrough

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

The Dana Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, 2014

MUSIC

Original composition by Mikael Karlsson

COSTUMES

Naomi Luppescu

LIGHTING

Brandon Stirling Baker

RUN TIME

29 Minutes

Manuel Vignoulle’s background as a dancer and choreographer informs his creative approach—drawing on both the introspective, conceptual world of European modernism and the more outwardly expressive culture of American dance. He views dance as "an art without borders which generates feelings that touch people’s hearts and lead them to reconnect with their own humanity.” In this athletic full-company work, set to haunting music by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, Vignoulle examines the struggle to connect in a world where connections are often just out of our reach. 

A group of dancers all making the same pose: one arm in the air, another going across their chest.

Ailey II in Manuel Vignoulle's Breakthrough Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC

A dancer in purple reaching away from another dancer in silver. Both are dimly lit

Ailey II in Manuel Vignoulle's Breakthrough Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC